#4DB2D8#4DB2D8

#4DB2D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.108 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB2D8
RGB	rgb(77, 178, 216)
HSL	hsl(196, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 17.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, -17.80, -27.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 33.06, 237.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.0748 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.108 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3707, 38.3731, 70.7059)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB2D8 #D8734D

analogous

#4DD8B9 #4DB2D8 #4D6CD8

triadic

#4DB2D8 #D84DB2 #B2D84D

tetradic

#4DB2D8 #B94DD8 #D8734D #6CD84D

square

#4DB2D8 #B94DD8 #D8734D #6CD84D

split-complementary

#4DB2D8 #D84D6C #D8B94D

monochromatic

#1F6E8C #2A96BE #4DB2D8 #7FC8E3 #B1DDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#4DB2D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#4DB2D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB2D8

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB2D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB2D8	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAFDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA0D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db2d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 178, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.108 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9e4',
    500: '#4db2d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db2d8;
$custom-light: #8dc9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db2d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.403,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71933,
    "c": 0.1079,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB2D8

secondary

#DCB4A4

accent

#6E41E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB2D8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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